Work with encounter dimensions

Encounter dimensions let you maintain the following encounter and transaction-related records and codes:

Dimension	Description
Ages	The ages of the patients during the loaded encounter.
Bill types	The bill types for the primary insurance claim upon final bill drop for the encounter.
Discharge statuses	The discharge disposition of a patient admission and/or how the patient left the provider facility for the loaded encounter.
Financial classes	The insurance plans grouped into financial classes for the primary insurance claim.
Insurance plans	The insurance plan of the subscriber or guarantor for the loaded patient encounter.
Locations	The physical locations that have been billed within the organization and is used for monthly reporting and provider-level budgeting.
Patient types	The type of patient for the loaded encounter.
Places of Service codes	The Place of Service (POS) codes, which are standard industry accepted codes that indicate where the services were rendered.
Point of Origin codes	The source of the patient admission and/or how the patient was presented to the provider for the loaded encounter.
Providers	The providers within the organization.
Services	The services of the patient during the encounter course of care.
Sexes	The sex of the patient during the loaded encounter.
Stations	The nursing station of a patient when first admitted to a facility as well as the station from which the discharge occurred for the loaded encounter.
Transaction codes	Captures the transaction codes for payments and adjustments stored in the Enc_Payments table for the loaded encounter.